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Saturday Showers and Storms
UPDATE 3:25 A new storm formed over Vestavia and has moved south to near I-459 with very loud thunder and torrential rains. My house picked up .67 inches in ten minutes. That is impressive! The NWS has issued a significant … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northwest Tip of Alabama
The NWS in Huntsville has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Colbert and Lauderdale Counties for strong storms west of the Quad Cities area of Northwest Alabama. The storms are moving northeast at 35 mph and should stay … Continue reading
Storms Approaching Northwest Alabama
The surface low that is the remnant of Tropical Storm Bill is still very well defined this afternoon over southern Missouri, approaching Cape Girardeau. There are distinct “feeder bands” or spokes of vorticity rotating around the system. One thin line … Continue reading
Sharing the ‘Good News’ From Alabama NewsCenter
Our partners at Alabama NewsCenter launched a new website a few days ago with the aim of providing a statewide site for good news about our state, with an emphasis on business, economic development, communities, people and innovation. The Alabama … Continue reading
You Know It’s a Bad Day When…
…You are in Oklahoma and you see Val Castor drive up. I looked up leaving dinner tonight in flooded Ardmore OK and there he was. It is the Sooner State equivalent of Jim Cantore showing up. Should have asked him … Continue reading
Big Rains From Bill
Tropical Depression Bill marched up I-35 today bringing a large part of the Gulf of Mexico with it and wringing out some impressive rain totals. Radars estimated that over five inches of rain has fallen across a wide area today … Continue reading
A Great Day To Be Bill
One of my favorite weather days is when I get to experience a dying tropical system well inland. It goes back to September 1971, when the remnants of Hurricane Edith tracked right across Central Alabama as a tropical depression after … Continue reading
3 Looks at a Landfalling Bill
Bill is making landfall on the Texas coast this morning as a strong tropical storm just south of Port OConnor. Here is three looks at the storm this morning. The large panel is the composite radar. The top left is … Continue reading
It’s Official! It’s a Bill!
Here is the information from the first advisory on Tropical Storm Bill. SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…27.1N 94.2W ABOUT 160 MI…260 KM ESE OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS ABOUT 155 MI…250 KM SSE OF GALVESTON TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 … Continue reading
Bill-To-Be: 50 kt Flight Level Winds
LATE REPORT 8:45 PM Although the NHC has not officially announced it yet, they have flipped the designation from Invest 91L to AL02 indicating that it’s a boy! We should have advisories on Bill shortly. ORIGINAL POST From the 7 … Continue reading
